ENVIRONMENTALIST

ENVIRONMENTALIST

• By 1985 proportion forest had fallen from 85% to 30%
• It is back up to 50%. The United States
• Used the canal the most, followed by China,Japan,North Korea. More
• Than 60 million pounds of dynamite was used to excavate and construct
• The canal.

LAND BRIDGE

• In 1999 panama assumed full control of the Panama Canal. The number one issue
• In Panama Canal is tourism. Landslides became a huge concern until the idea to
• Build a lock, ( which either rises or lowers the water level to equal the body of
• Water).

SEA TURTLES

• 20,000--30,000 turtles come to Panama Canal. You can see then April-Oct.
• Of the seven remaining species, for of these, from the largest to the smallest
• Nest on Panama beache: theatherback, green turtle, the hawksbill and the
• Olivia Ridley. All of these are considered endangered. If you are going there
• To see Eastern Pacific green turtle,loggerhead you probably won't. They are least likely to be there.

PLANT LIFE

• There is 1,500 different tree species. There is 675 types of fern, more then
• 1,200 unique kinds of orchids. In the tropical rainforest there is fig trees,
• Shrubs such as: acacia, eucalyptus, and cassia. Some if the trees that
• Grow Along the Panama Canal are, many types of fig trees.

ANIMAL LIFE

• In the canal farming is a big deal for the region,they have a dense forest
• And vast rivers plains. There are many types of wild life, from wild bears to deer.
• There as been other animals which has adopted to the existence of the canal
• Along with reservoirs, such as grey Heron, you will also see the famous white
• Cattle.

FUN FACTS

• The Panama Canals', stunning new discoveries, the 80km long canal first
• Built in 1994, connects to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Soon after the canal
• Work began in March 2012 scientists stumbled upon the fossils of ancient
• Marlins and turtles.

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?

• We've learned the common animals and plants along the
• Panama Canal. We also learned when they first built it
• We have also learned about some history of the Panama Canal.